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This chart shows the percentage of population enrolled in the Donate Life Organ and Tissue Donor Registry by year. The registry is a confidential database that records a person’s consent to organ/tissue donation upon death. The database is used by donation professionals to determine a person's donation status at the time of their death. For more information, check out: www.health.ny.gov/donatelife or go to the “About” tab.

This data set contains information on the number of enrollments in the Donate Life Registry by county and percentage of the eligible New York State population. Enrollment in the registry is legal consent to organ/tissue donation at the time of a person’s death. A person must be 18 years of age or older to be eligible for enrollment in the registry.

The Department depends on the enrolled individual to inform the Department of any changes to their enrollment, such as, change of address. Also, an individual may enroll multiple times through different portals of entry. Therefore, the data set may include persons who are deceased, have left the state or have multiple enrollments.